Kisatchie to offer young turkey hunt over 600,000 acres

12:24 AM,
Jan. 23, 2013

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Young hunters will have the opportunity to tap into the Kisatchie National Forest's abundant turkey population in March when a one-day turkey hunt will be held on all ranger districts.

The event, slated for March 16, will give a little over 100 youngsters, aged 8-17, a glimpse of the habitat on Kisatchie that has restored the Eastern Wild Turkey to healthy numbers. Louisiana's turkey population had dropped to fewer than 1,500 birds in 1946, but the state now boasts an estimated 80,000 turkeys.

"They are a great success story," said Johnny Fryar, a wildlife biologist on the Calcasieu Ranger ...